Freedom Air International, Inc.

Aetna-Epstein-Apollo corporate network (N722JE helicopter transaction)
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All Findings

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financial confirmed 2011-07-26

Sale price of N722JE to ASI Wings LLC was $11,900,000, with $11,800,000 wired to Freedom Air at JPMorgan Chase Panama and $100,000 deposit applied; closing 2011-07-26

IATS Wire Authorization Form (IATS-000090) shows: Originator IATS, Receiver Bank JP Morgan Chase, Beneficiary Freedom Air International Inc., Country Panama, Amount $11,800,000.00, OBI Reference 'N722JE, 760750', Control # B-11:31, Prepared by Judy Hunteman, Signed by Joan F. Roberts. Closing Settlement Statement (IATS-000148) shows Sale Price $11,900,000.

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financial confirmed 2013-04-10

N162AE (Aetna trade-in, S/N 760472) was resold by Freedom Air International to Greenwich AeroGroup Brazil Leasing, Inc. sometime between 2011-2013, then exported to Brazil on 2013-04-10 with tail changed to N162AD; realizes the 'Brazilian client' resale that Epstein and Reenstra had pre-negotiated in August 2011

EFTA01326828 is the FAA Aircraft Registry's consolidated April 10, 2013 export-deregistration packet for Sikorsky S-76C S/N 760472. Contains: (1) FAA telegraphic message to Registro Aeronautico Brasileiro confirming deregistration effective 1:00 PM CDT April 10, 2013, last registered owner Greenwich AeroGroup Brazil Leasing, Inc.; (2) Greenwich AeroGroup Brazil Leasing request letter dated 2013-04-09 signed by Kohler as President, address 4200 Summit Bridge Road Middletown DE; (3) historical conveyance documents back to 2001 including 1995 AML Leasing Trust declaration; (4) October 15, 2001 lease between State Street Bank and Trust Company (Lessor/Trustee of AML Leasing Trust) and Aetna Life Insurance Company (Lessee); (5) U.S. Bank National Association succession to State Street corporate trust business; (6) December 2009 transfer from AML Leasing Trust to ASI Wings LLC; (7) the July 2011 Bill of Sale from ASI Wings LLC to Freedom Air International, Inc. (signed for Aetna Inc. as Managing Member); (8) later conveyance from Freedom Air International to Greenwich AeroGroup Brazil Leasing with tail change N162AE → N162AD. This confirms the August 2011 Reenstra 'Client in Brazil' thread as a completed transaction and realizes the economic mechanism of the 50/50 Epstein-Reenstra profit split pre-negotiated in June 2011. Separately establishes that Aetna had leased N162AE via standard AML Leasing Trust / State Street bank-trustee structure from 2001-2009 — Aetna took full ownership for only ~18 months before selling to Freedom Air in 2011. This is normal Fortune 500 corporate aviation lease financing.

intelligence medium

INFERENCE: The $11.8M wire to JPMorgan Chase Panama for a domestic Delaware-corp-to-Connecticut-LLC transaction has no legitimate business reason and is consistent with offshore financial structuring (tax avoidance, asset protection, layering)

INFERENCE from primary documents: every party to the 2011 transaction was US-based (Freedom Air = Delaware corp, ASI Wings = Delaware LLC operating from Hartford, IATS = Oklahoma escrow). There is no operational reason for sale proceeds to leave the country. Routing through JPMorgan Panama in 2011 (pre-FATCA effective date 2014, pre-Panama Papers 2016) provided maximum opacity for any subsequent fund movement. The fact that Axia Ex 56 materials-relied-upon list does NOT include Freedom Air International #4324 bank statements (despite including Hyperion Air statements through 2014) suggests the account may have been booked in Panama outside US discovery scope.

identity confirmed 2011-07-25

Entity 293884 was renamed three times before the 2011 Aetna sale: Air Ghislaine, Inc. (original) → Shmitka Air, Inc. (2010-02-11) → Freedom Air International, Inc. (2010-07-06); the International Registry name change was recorded 2011-07-25, one day before closing

Six International Registry Priority Search Certificates within EFTA01339374 (pp 106-119) show the same Entity Id 293884 with successive name change records: Old Name 'Air Ghislaine, Inc.' → New Name 'Freedom Air International, Inc.' / Date Changed: 25-Jul-2011. The Delaware corporate timeline shows: Air Ghislaine renamed to Shmitka Air 2010-02-11 (FAA confirmed), Shmitka Air renamed to Freedom Air International 2010-07-06. The sequence substantially obscured the Maxwell-related name from corporate due diligence on the Aetna deal.

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document confirmed 2012-12-07

Freedom Air International, Inc. dissolved by Consent of Sole Stockholder on 2012-12-07, 17 months after receiving the $11.8M Panama wire

Marks Paneth document MP-00003267-3274 cited in Axia Ex 56 Materials Relied Upon (Doc 238-31 page 110): 'Corporate Dissolution or Liquidation, Freedom Air International, Inc., Consent of Sole Stockholder, December 7, 2012 (MP-00003267-3274).' The entity served its purpose in the 2011 transaction and was wound up; the missing #4324 bank statements would presumably show how the $11.8M Panama balance was disposed of before dissolution.

Full Timeline

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Entity 293884 was renamed three times before the 2011 Aetna sale: Air Ghislaine, Inc. (original) → Shmitka Air, Inc. (2010-02-11) → Freedom Air International, Inc. (2010-07-06); the International Registry name change was recorded 2011-07-25, one day before closing
2011-07-25
Sale price of N722JE to ASI Wings LLC was $11,900,000, with $11,800,000 wired to Freedom Air at JPMorgan Chase Panama and $100,000 deposit applied; closing 2011-07-26
2011-07-26
Freedom Air International, Inc. dissolved by Consent of Sole Stockholder on 2012-12-07, 17 months after receiving the $11.8M Panama wire
2012-12-07
N162AE (Aetna trade-in, S/N 760472) was resold by Freedom Air International to Greenwich AeroGroup Brazil Leasing, Inc. sometime between 2011-2013, then exported to Brazil on 2013-04-10 with tail changed to N162AD; realizes the 'Brazilian client' resale that Epstein and Reenstra had pre-negotiated in August 2011
2013-04-10